Milk-setting apparatus



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M. 0. STODDARD.`

MILK SETTING APPARATUS.

Patented Apr. 7,1885.

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' M. O. STDDARD. MILK SETTING APPARATUS.

No. 315,448. Y Patentedv Apr. 7, 1885.

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' MILK-SETTING APPARATUS.

BPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,448, dated April '7, 1885.

Application filed June-16i 1834. (.No model.) Y

.To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

' Be it known that I, MARvIN O. S'roDDaRm of Poultney, county of Rutland, and State of Vermont, have invented certain new. and use ful Improvements in Milk-Setting Apparatus,

' milk cool, and for other purposes, which devices are ordinarily known as milk-setting apparatus77 or fcreameries.77

Among the objects of my invention are the simplification and improvement of the means employed for withdrawing part or all of the cream from oft' the milk or discharging'` part or all of the contents of the milk-holding can, dispensing with the stuffing-box heretofore employed, arranging the outlet or withdrawing tube, so that it may be readily removed -from the can and readjusted to place when re quired, and economizing in space required beneath the uapparatus for the accommodation of the vessels for receiving the contents of the cans as discharged. To accomplish these objects, ahd to secure other advantages,my improvements involve certain novel and usefull relative arrangements or combinations of parts, peculiarities of construction, andprinciples of operation, all of which will behereiny rst fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, Figure l is a central vertical section of a milk-setting can having a cock or faucet applied thereon, and the withdrawingtube supported in the inlet to said faucet, and .arranged for the withdrawal of cream from near the top of the can. Fig. 2is a similar view showing the tube projecting down through the faucetand held in place by the plug thereof. Fig. 3 is also a similar View, but showing ashorter tube, which may be employed same as the longer tube when the can is only partly illed. Fig; 4 is a sectional View of a case or cabinet and a can having my improvements located therein, the lower part of the can being situated in a narrow well or channel which may be formed in the cabinet; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a cabinet without the narrow well, showing a can front of the tank instead' of upon the ledge,`

as-in Fig.. 4. .Figu is a sectional elevation Y showing4 three cans vin a cabinet, and indicatf` ing how any number may be employed. y l 6 In all these igures 'likeletters of reference, wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts. A representsa millesetting can, which may be of any of the usual forms or sizes and mayo be employed in a cabinet, or otherwise supported, and be partly orwholly charged with milk. Upon the bottom of this can I apply a cock or faucet, B, having the usual turningplu'g,`B, whichoperates as a valve forgov-.q

erning or arresting the iiow of liquid. This faucet may be applied in a permanent or semi-` permanent manner, and1 occupies but little space beneath the. can.

C is a cylindrical tubeneatly fittingnto the -7 upper neck of the faucet, from whichit may be readily detached. The orifice in' the valve or plug is made large enough to admitlof the passage of the tube G through it. Glass or other transparent `panes or plates, as a," may E be located'in the wall of the can, which panes are preferably graduated into inches and frac-` tional 'parts thereof for convenience of dairyf men who dispose vof their cream, the valuejof vthe cream being determined by the measuref ment thereof in depth or thickness.` YV-hen the can is charged, the faucet is closed, and when it is desired to draw off the cream the tube C is adjusted in the upper neck of the faucet, and the plug thereof turned 'so as to permit the descent of the tube. Vhen the top of" the tube is depressed sufficiently, the plug is turned so that the wall of the orifice therein will crowd against the tube, thus sustaining the latter at the desired point. The adjustment of the tube may be regulated by the hand (applied below the faucet) and `its position ascertained by inspection through the` glass pane at a, through which the bottom of the cream may be seen and the tube moved down a distance from the surface equal to the depth` of 4the cream. I do not, however, re gard the glass pane as a necessity; for the adjustment can be easily determined after once or twice using the apparatus. If the rst adjustment does'not remove all the cream, the

tube can be gradually lowered with the hand.

(in elevation) having my improvements,andl 5 supportedfby alock or. catch applied uponthe the 'open top of the can until the cream is all' v the contents of the milk-setting can, such tubeV being provided with a faucet at its lower end and running through a stufng-box applied upon the can. I5.

` Inthe present construction I am enabled to dispense with theV stuffing-box entirely, thus "economizing in cost of manufacture as well as simplifying the construction, and by omitting the faucet from the end of the tube I am enabled to set the cans lower down, inasmuch as less room is required beneath the discharge end of the tube for the accommodation of the receptacles for the milk, &c., drawn from the can.' In the construction of creameries this is an important consideration, for it makes 'the apparatus more convenient and accessible "for filling,`cleaning, &c.

D represents a tank or box for containing one ora number of the cans, in which box they may be kept cool by the application of ice or water. The box is preferably lined with metal, Vas indicated at b, and protection against external heat insured by a paper or other lin- In Fig. @L a ledge, E, contracts the When they are placed in such a well, a lock or catch, al, applied upon the ledge, serves to support them in an upright position.

' Vhen applied in a box or tank without the ledge, asin Fig. 5, the catch may be affixed to one'of the walls ot' the tank, substantially at c is threaded exteriorly, and being affixed as shown.

The neck or inlet to the faucet represented to the bottom of the can, is passed down through a perforation in the sheet-metal bottom of the tank. A nut, j', with or without a suitable packing-gasket, applied upon the neck e is turned up hardV enough to prevent leakage of water from the tank, and the faucet is then applied on the neck below the nut. This construction is simple and efficient and admits of the ready removal of the can from the tank or adjustment therein, as well as that it affords a steady support for the bottom IVYof the can.

Vso as to permit the nut f or the packing-gasket 6o The wood of the tank is eut away to bear against the interior lining. The outlet Vfor the milk and cream is thus made to pass down` through the bottom of the tank` without'danger of leakage. F is an inlet for water, and G an outlet communicating with theinterior of the tank. These permit the application of running water to keep the cans cool.

His a plug at bottom, through which the tank may be drained. I is a ventilator on the top or cover of the tank, and K K are the Ventilating-covers of the cans. Any number of the cans may be employed, and they may be supported in the tank or in any other convenient position. The particular construction of the tank is in no way material. It may be supported on legs, as shown, or otherwise sustained above the floor, and the lower part may be boxed in, if desired, forming a closed cabinet. One of the removable tubes will answer for withdrawing the contents of any number of cans, and the tube is easily Akept clean. 'By removing this tube the can been found in practice to admirably answer the purposes orv objects of the inventionpreviously set forth.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.1. The combination, with a milk'- setting can provided with a cock or faucet at bottom, of a sliding tube adjustable through 'the valve or plug of said faucet, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. The combination, with a milk-setting can provided with a cock or faucet at bottom, of Va sliding tube fitting the neck or'inlet to said faucet, arranged to pass through the ori fice in the plug or valve of the faucet and to be clamped or held in position bythe plug, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination with a milk can surrounded by a water jacket or tank, acock or faucet the neck of lwhich communicates with the interior of the can, and the sliding tube made adjustable through the orifice of the valve in the faucet, substantially as shown and described.

4E. The herein-described milk-setting'apparatus composed of a milk-holding can, a surn rounding water jacket or tank, a cock lor faucet `the neck of which communicates with the interior of the can, and the'sliding removable tube arranged to'pass through the orifice in the valve or plug, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand'in the presence of two witnesses. Y

MARVIN 0. STGDDARD. Vitnesses:

'CYRUs Garns, FREDERICK S. PLAfrr.

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